At 11:26 PM 20/08/2004 -0400, Dawsonzhu@aol.com wrote:
>Glenn Morton wrote:
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>>GRM: What I see is that you have set Gen 1-11 off as useless. Would we
>>not be better to simply start a denomination ripping that section out of
>>the Bible because it is so unreliable and historically so false?
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>All the respondents so far appear to agree that Gen 1:1 is true.

What do you consider to be "truth"? Why is Ge.1-11 in the
Bible? Certainly not to tell us history. Since we are in the middle of
moving I don't have the necessary time to say more than that, but I am 100%
sure that God did not speak to people living 6000 years ago in scientific
language, nor just to tell us how He made His world. Also, I am convinced
that He spoke in a language they understood, about concepts they understood.
The whole Bible is the story of how God wants us to be close to Him, but
also how we should live responsibly.